Father Divine

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The Happiness of Springtime

 

Peace Mission Devotional Song “You are the Happiness of Springtime” performed by the International Rosebud Choir, featuring Miss E. Ferne.

FATHER SPEAKS ON SPRINGTIDE THEMES:

It is marvelous when the people can get the significance of what it is all about!  Lots of people may merely be awakened in the vibrations, as I AM the Resurrection, but yet they may not get the significance of MY Message.

The Dispensation, the Time and the Season were praying to ME!  The Dispensation, the Time and the Season — it may have been an echo, or echoed through mortality’s version — but the Dispensation, the Time and the Season, as I explained it, the Time had come that generally it was as the sap rising in the spring.  It was calling for ME — the Dispensation, the Time and the Season, and not merely mortality.  So that is the idea!  The time warranted it; which is the same as I say, the Time will come and now is, no doubt, when it will be or would be necessary for amendments to be made to our Righteous Government Platform for improvement on it; some things to be repealed, and the like; but as time and season and necessity warrant it.

Necessity has been calling for ME!  With or without a Person Necessity, not mortality; I AM not studying about mortality; Necessity has been calling for ME!  Naturally the spring calls for the sap to rise in the earth in vegetation and even in man and beast.  They may not say a thing, but Necessity, the time and the season of the year and the Time and Season of the Ages — the Dispensation and the Necessity — they have been calling for ME!  It is Wonderful!

At times it may work through the hand of Nature.  At times an appeal may be made through the Cosmic Forces of Nature.  Through the nature of humanity and different manners of expression they speak to GOD — those things are calling.  It is Wonderful!

Mortality has been groping in darkness and misunderstanding, beseeching and begging in groveling attitude towards GOD in the mortal versionated concept and idea concerning the Mystery, but I AM coming and answering and fulfilling the scripture!  So the Mystery will be revealed when the scales of misunderstanding and the mortal version shall have been lifted from humanity and GOD reveals HIS Secrets to HIS Servants, the Prophets!  I thank you.

Spoken 8 July 1943 ADFD; The New Day 31 July 1971 ADFD.

 

You prayed for it to come!  You prayed vividly, conscientiously and sincerely, but oh, how glorious it is to realize, that which you once merely surmised, you have now come into possession of it!  It came not with observation!  As the sap rises in the spring, even so have I come in the hearts and lives and business and affairs of the children of men and have been enthroned therein — upon the Righteous minds of men!

Righteousness, I said, is the foundation of the Kingdom of GOD!  Can you not see the Mystery?  When righteousness is established in one and in all, they are there and then prepared for the coming and for the establishment of the Kingdom of GOD!

The New Day 20 September 1947 ADFD, pp. 11-12

GOD Speaks: FATHER DIVINE’s Messages on YouTube

Peace, Everyone. 

We’re beginning a new format for sharing FATHER DIVINE’s spoken Messages via YouTube.  Here is the first one, focused on “The Spirit of the Consciousness of the Presence of GOD” and the Parable of the Keyflower. Delivered at Circle Mission Church, Philadelphia, PA on Jan 13, 1952. From Peace Mission CD 16-8.3

You may see the FATHER DIVINE channel page and all current film and audio Message offerings we’ve place on YouTube here.
 
 
 
 

The Wind, Sun And Air

GOD is the same even as the wind is, even as nature is itself.

Now you may not get much sunlight in some houses or in some homes, you may not get very much air. If you get air it may be stagnant air, because you may have the ventilation in connection with some other connection that is stagnating the air of expression before it enters the room in which you are connected. That is the mystery.

So these thoughts are well worth considering. GOD is the same with or without a Person. His Condescension may cause such an expression in different persons and personalities to be reflected as if though HE is Personal, but GOD is impersonal with or without a Person. GOD is the same today, yesterday and forever.

The wind is pure and holy. If there are germs in it and if there are not any germs in the atmosphere in which you are living, the air is pure and holy – – It is absolutely pure and holy. It may be infected apparently by the germs of disease and other contagious germs; nevertheless, it does not say that the air isn’t pure. Matters not how filthy it may be, if you allow it run free it will cleanse itself after a little running.

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The Wheat, Tares And Chaff

The wheat and the tares did grow together, but this is the day of resurrection. I AM separating! I AM separating the wheat from the tares. I AM gathering the good wheat in the garner – – the chaff I AM leaving on the outside, and the chaff shall burn with fire unquenchable, but the tares shall be burned within the field, they shall not come to the barnyard. Now is not that wonderful?

We will not even gather the tares in the barnyard. The chaff we will gather with the wheat, and we will leave it on the outside of the corn-mill. But the tares we will not bring to the barnyard. Therefore, I will not gather the harvest of the tares. I will leave them in the field to burn, but the good wheat shall be gathered in the garner and the chaff shall be burned in the barnyard with fire unquenchable.

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The Sun Returning

Speaking from a natural point of view, and a point for consideration of the masses, I speak in parables.

The sun that shines today will shine tomorrow. If you happen to see the sun going down, or going towards the West, and apparently going down behind the western hills, be thou faithful , and if you remain here until the same time tomorrow, you will see the same sun returning, and going again.

Then I say, it is a privilege and it is a glorious pleasure to observe such a mystery. When the sunlight of your salvation is apparently leaving you, if you are substantiated in faith and stay in your right place, be not shaken in confidence and remain – the same will return again.

I thank you!

Father Divine

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